A little nervous

[heathrowga]

Next week, we're flying up to visit Tom's mother in the middle of nowhere. We bought tickets for 3 of us, and Katie will be a "lap baby." The last time we flew was before Katie came along, and we always had tickets for the 3 of us. We decided to try this one with Katie on laps.

She's so full of movement right now, so I'm quite nervous about how she'll do. The flight is scheduled during their naptimes, so I hope one or both will sleep. Tom has promised to take on his fair share of Katie wrangling, but with his narcolepsy, I often find myself being the on-flight entertainment.

After we land, we have a 5 hour drive to get to his mom's house. We won't have a lick of time (or excess good spirit) between the landing and getting in the car, so I won't even get a chance to
wave at posthaste.

Once we get to Small Town America (tm), it'll be fine. We're going to be in an itty-bitty town (1500 people) for a week. I'm planning on reading a lot and trying to unplug. There will plenty of trying to baby-proof his mom's house on the fly, but that usually simmers down by the 2nd day.

Right now, I'm in the middle of doing a few extra loads of laundry to have our bags packed tonight. We have guests coming in from out of town Saturday (gardenwaltz and h_postmortemus) through Monday, then we leave Tuesday morning. It'll be busy but fun.

I'm in a touch of a mood right now. The news out of London has me sad, and the daily domestic junk is getting to me right now. Katie's refusing to be fed but she's hungry. Amelia's running laps.

Comments

[ximinez]

Sounds like fun. Have a great trip, and I certainly hope the kiddos cooperate!

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

Sigh. I hope so.

I'm just so nervous about the flight.

[ximinez]

Try to relax, because they will pick up on your nervousness.

[posthaste.livejournal.com]

:(

it is just twenty kinds of wrong that you'll be one state over and we won't meet.

[fiddledragon]

ditto!

[posthaste.livejournal.com]

road trip! ;)

[fiddledragon]

That would be soooooo awesome on so many levels.

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

Heehee!

Guys, I wouldn't wish this little town on anyone. It's perfectly nice, but the only thing that's notable about it is the Indian casino. :)

[fiddledragon]

I'll wave at your plane while you land too ;)

(did you know that posthaste and I live on opposite sides of the same town?) *grin*

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

Dangit!

[fiddledragon]

See? All the more reason to come up to visit on its own merits.

Or...tell T he needs to come up to corporate - there's a "client reason"...and that he should bring the rest of his family ;)

[fiddledragon]

her Mpls rather than corporate - doh.

<- dork

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

Heehee!

Tom's mom is picking us up and dropping us off at the airport. So we're on her schedule. :/

[fiddledragon]

Oh, I completely understand that particular issue...hence having a trip of it's own just to come up and visit ;)

*grin*

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

It'll happen at some point. Just not in the foreseeable future. :/

[fizzgig-bites.livejournal.com]

Do yourself a favor, pack an emergency set of clothes for everyone in your carry on. Bug was bored on the plane once and decided to stir things up by peeing on me.

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

Already planned for. :D

But thank you!

[xavi7734.livejournal.com]

I bet you guys will be fine and as soon as that plane takes off the little one will be fast asleep.

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

I hope so!

[tealfroglette.livejournal.com]

pack extra protein bars for you so that you are strong enough to deal with the flight delays.

there's a starbucks with comfy couches at the T gate if you get delayed. that's where toad and i spent two of the four hours for our last delay in limbo.

[knobody.livejournal.com]

if you bring the car seat to the gate and gate check it (always a good idea if you want it to arrive in one piece anyway) you might get a seat for katie anyway. of course, you might have to split up to do it if there are no rows 4 wide, but it might be worth it to have a seat. i've done the lap baby thing also and it's not too bad. i had a sling for zali (which doubled as a blanket when she was in the car seat), and she hung out in that so i had my hands free for snacks and older kid. good luck.

[sistahmoon.livejournal.com]

Wait a cotton picking second...he has narolepsy? OMG...Dave does too.

You are the first person I know who is married to one...we have to talk!!!!

Big hugs to you...see you soon maybe?

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

Wow! What a weird coincidence!

We'll be out of town until the 9th. Then I would love to get together.

[loucheroo.livejournal.com]

I did the lapbaby thing before. It is intimidating... but not nearly as bad in actuality. The anticipation is much worse.

Mind you, we DID walk the aisles of the plane a bit, but not a big deal, you know?